UPDATE: Missing Castlegar boy found, safe and sound
In a press release sent out after 11 p.m. Saturday night, RCMP Cpl. Brett Turner announced that a missing 12-year-old Castlegar boy is back home. "It is my great pleasure to announce that our missing 12-year-old boy has been located," Turner said. "After an exhaustive investigation into his latest whereabouts, police were led...
No one injured in MVA on Columbia Avenue Thursday morning
A group of nursing students are credited with helping the victim of an early-morning car accident Thursday, according to RCMP Sgt. Laurel Mathew. "On March 30 ... at approximately 8 a.m, Castlegar RCMP along with Castlegar Fire Department and EMS attended a single-vehicle roll-over accident on Columbia Avenue just north of...
Woman charged after fentanyl found in Trail home
A 59-year-old Trail woman has been charged after police allegedly found fentanyl and cocaine in her home, according to RCMP Sgt. Darren Oelke. “In the early morning hours of March 25, members of the Trail RCMP Crime Reduction Team executed a search warrant on a residence on Topping Street,” Oelke said in a press release....
No one injured in structure fire in downtown Castlegar
No one was injured during a structure fire in downtown Castlegar this afternoon, according to Fire Chief Gerry Rempel. Rempel said the call came in at about 2:40 p.m., to attend a fire in single-family home in the 300 Block of 6 Avenue. “We put it out quite quickly, but there’s substantial smoke damage,” Rempel said, adding...
UPDATED: RDCK removes evacuation alert for Johnsons Landing
Residents in Johnsons Landing can breathe a little easier after the Regional District of Central Kootenay removed the evacuation alert Tuesday afternoon. In a medla release Tuesday, the RDCK said it was determined that the small slide and debris flood were minor in nature. "The RDCK is asking the public to remain vigilant and...
Work crews continue cleanup of mudslide west of Creston
Highway work crews continue to clean up a mudslide 10 kilometres west of Creston said DriveBC website Sunday. “Rock is getting smaller,” said the West Kootenay District for Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Twitter feed. Highway 3 slide continues to have the road reduced to single alternating traffic through Sunday....
Time to Become Concerned about TB
When Stephen Lewis speaks about tuberculosis, he doesn’t restrain his words. The world is showing “far too much strangled deference when it comes to fighting TB,” Lewis told a standing room crowd in a passionate speech at a recent Vancouver conference. “It’s time to take TB as a cause celebre,” he added, urging TB activists...
Environment Canada issues Snowfall Warning for Paulson Summit, Kootenay Pass
West Kootenay/Boundary residents are going to have to wait a few more days for spring driving conditions to finally arrive in the region after Environment Canada issued a Snow Warning for Highway 3, Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass Friday. Environment Canada it's possible for snowfall amounts in the 15 cm range for Friday...
Letter: More funding not always the answer
To The Editor: More funding might help our seniors if they are in a publicly owned facility. A few more staff and maybe an extra therapist. But history shows that more funding has not improved the quality of care in "for profit" or even "non-profit" facilities. The taxpayers shelled out more money in 2010 when the client rate...
School district chair to propose banning school trips to US after Trump ban
The chair of the local board of education is going to be suggesting, at the SD 20 board’s next meeting, that school-related trips to the US be disallowed due to the trump administration’s travel bans. Teri Ferworn, chair of the SD 20 board, said such a policy may not even be the purview of individual school districts. “There...
